Campbell Union School District opens enrollment Tuesday

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Construction workers tear out tree’s and landscaping of the former Campbell Middle School to prepare for new construction of the Campbell School of Innovation on Jan. 11. Demolition to make room for new classrooms for the Campbell School of Innovation began earlier this month. The former Campbell Middle School campus that housed 5-8 grades will reopen for the 2018-19 school year for transitional kindergarten to fourth grade, exponentially growing to eighth grade by 2022.
(George Sakkestad/Staff Photographer)

Parents eyeing the new Campbell School of Innovation, or any school in the Campbell Union School District, can register their child for a potential spot when the open enrollment process begins Tuesday, Jan. 23.

According to Communications Specialist Marla Sanchez, the district will provide additional assistance to parents or guardians during open enrollment due to the changes made to attendance boundaries, school campus sites and the enrollment process itself.

The registration process is not first come, first served. Students are put into schools within the district based on criteria such as their home address, whether they have siblings already attending a school and each school’s capacity.

Those enrolling students can register their children from a home computer or computer stations at the district office where, according to Sanchez, staff is on hand to help navigate the process step by step.

Sanchez said most of the process should be paperless, but verification of birth, proof of residency and immunization records for enrolling students are still required.

Fourth-grade students will stay at their current elementary school sites for fifth grade. Current fifth-graders will go to either Monroe or Rolling Hills middle school. Seventh-grade students at the current Campbell Middle School will go to either Monroe or Rolling Hills middle school.

Open enrollment ends March 16.

The Campbell School of Innovation is this much closer to opening for the 2018-19 school year.

The former Campbell Middle School campus for grades 5-8 is undergoing a transformation to accommodate a larger student population and turn its reputation around. The school enrolled only seventh- and eighth-graders for the current school year.

Some students were moved to Rolling Hills and Monroe middle schools when Campbell Middle School closed its doors to fifth- and sixth-graders, and the district is adding buildings to those campus sites.

The district board approved the changes to attendance boundaries in November as part of the Campbell School of Innovation’s creation.

When the Campbell School of Innovation opens to grades TK-4 this August, the district is planning two classes per grade, according to Sanchez. The district plans to grow to eighth grade by 2022.

“We are planning for at least two classes for each grade (TK-4), which equates to about 340 students,” Sanchez wrote in an email to this newspaper.

Demolition at the middle school campus began Jan. 11. The district plans to renovate current classroom buildings and add more buildings along with a new playground, parking and a school garden within the first phase of construction.

Jasmine Leyva is a writer for the Silicon Valley Community Newspapers reporting on news in the city of Campbell. She is a San Jose State University alum, enjoys reading and can be found practicing yoga in her spare time.

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